ColdFusion 9 Feature Request: Ext JS Only

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I spoke with Delmore and Adam Lehman this weekend about the use of multiple javascript libraries. Ext 1.1 didn’t have everything Ext 2.0 has so they had use multiple libraries. Makes sense.

For CF9…PLEASE GET RID OF YUI! The UI components are absolutely flakey. I’ve been able to reproduce tons of issues with _cflayout_ tabs (I mean really horrible one’s; haven’t spent time debugging the JS though) and _cftooltip_ (“fix here”:http://www.johncblandii.com/2008/04/coldfusion-801-cftooltip-is-br.html).

So…no code suggestions or anything…just please nix YUI and fully integrate Ext 2 or whatever the current version is when CF9 comes out.

  • http://www.dopefly.com/ Nathan Strutz

    Amen to that!
    Ext was originally an EXTension to prototype – it required another JS library to function. Now, it really doesn’t need it, and all the yui and prototype stuff is just too much. EXT by itself would be a very good thing!

  • John C. Bland II

    That was pretty much Delmore’s response regarding why the multiple libraries. :-)

  • KS

    What about JQuery, it’s fairly unobtrusive and smooth, not to mention there is a TON of documentation, including books.

  • John C. Bland II

    I am definitely not anti-jQuery but in terms of UI components it doesn’t hold a candle to Ext 2.0.

    “List of jQuery components”:http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

    “Ext 2.0 Samples”:http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/examples/samples.html

    I like jQuery but Ext wrapped into CF tags just screams SEXY! (if done right this time around)

    Good suggestion though KS.